Olin mie toatoin kois

SKVR VII2 2152·Suistamo·1911·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Salminen V, n. 2802. -11. Uksujärvi (Maisala)? Näht. talollisenleski Irinja Taronen, joka v. 1916 oli 88 vuotias.

SKVR textEnglish

1Olin mie toatoin kois,I was homeless in my own home,

2Kujasilla kukkasinna,As a flower in the alleys,

3Kanana moamon kartanos,As a hen in Moamon's farmstead,

4Veikon kois vesikalanna,In my brother's home as a water-creature,

5Lembilintuna lohis.As a tender bird in the salmon-stream.

6Voi kui mie menii ukkolaa,Oh how I went to the old man's domain,

7Appi haukku ahkivoks,Father-in-law barked into rage,

8Anoppi vesihavoks,Mother-in-law to brackish water turned,

9Kyty kynnyspersiäks,Sister-in-law to a threshold's arse,

10Nato naisissa pahimaks.Brother's wife deemed worst of women.

11Se ol' pah hänen pappi,Bad was her priest,

12Viel pahemp ol moapappi,Worse still the earth-priest,

13Kui min vihki virrattomal,Who wed me groomless,

14Vanhalle varakse pani.To the old man as chattel given.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:

The editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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